So, you’re a happy owner of a beautiful black kitty? Aren’t you one lucky human? 🙂 In the past, black cats have been linked to many bad things such as evil and bad luck. Nowadays, humankind is much smarter to understand that black cats can’t be bad luck… All cats are good luck, obviously! Especially if you’re a cat lover.

As a new owner of a black feline, you probably need a few good ideas for a black cat name. I dug out all the cool black cat names I could find, from famous and popular black cats from TV shows and books to witch names that would fit perfectly for your mysterious feline.

Popular black cat names

This list contains names that are widely used among black cat owners. And it’s no wonder because these names are super cool and easy to remember.

Blackie

Ink

Jet

Luna

Midnight

Onyx

Ozzy

Panther

Pepper

Raven

Sabbath

Sabrina

Salem

Famous black cats / black cats in movies, cartoons, and books

Black cats are often the main stars in movies, cartoons and books. Find an inspiration for your cat’s name in one of the famous characters.

Salem – Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV show

Sylvester – Looney Tunes

Felix the Cat

Binx – Hocus Pocus

Cole – Cole & Marmalade

Snowball II – The Simpsons

Lucifer – Cinderella

Pluto – “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe

Figaro – Pinocchio

Luna – Sailor Moon

Bagheera – black panther in “The Jungle Book”

Black in other languages

Negre – Catalan

Neru – Corsican

Nigra – Esperanto

Musta – Finnish

Noir – French

Negro – Spanish

Schwarz – German

Baki – Hausa

ʻeleʻele – Hawaiian

Nero – Italian

Nigrum – Latin

Mainty – Malagasy

Pango – Maori

Preto – Portuguese

Negru – Romanian

Uliuli – Samoan

Batsho – Sesotho

Rima – Shona

Madow – Somali

Siyah – Turkish

Dudu – Yoruba

Kuro – Japanese

Night in other languages

Nit – Catalan

Notte – Italian

Noch – Croatian (my native language 🙂 )

Gabi – Filipino

Pō – Hawaiian

Malam – Indonesian

Nox, Noctis – Latin

Alina – Malagasy

Malam – Malay

Noche – Spanish

Wengi – Sundanese

Kecha – Uzbek

Noson – Welsh

Witch cat names

You wouldn’t believe how many witch characters there were over the history. I selected the names I felt would fit nicely for a black cat but if you want even more witch name ideas, you can take a look at this looong list of witch characters on Wikipedia. If you trust my name selecting skills, then you might find the name you’re looking for in my filtered list.

Miscellaneous male & female black cat names

If you still haven’t found your cat’s ideal name, don’t worry – there’s a lot more to choose from 🙂 From A to Z, from astronomical objects to Greek gods and godesses, from dark creatures to black movie characters, the choice is yours to make.

A

Absinthe

Amber

Artemis

Abyss

Andromeda

Ash

Ace

Angus

Asp

Addison

Anubis

Astral

Akasha

Apollo

Atticus

Allister

Aretha

Axel

Althea

Ariat

Amadeus

Aritha

Anubis – the Greek name of a god associated with mummification and the afterlife
Artemis – the Hellenic goddess of the hunt
Asp – the Egyptian cobra and one of the largest cobra species found in the Africa

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Magpie – a type of black bird
Mavis – girl vampire from Hotel Transylvania
Molly – a type of black flower
Mr. Mistoffelees – a character in T. S. Eliot’s book Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and from Webber’s musical Cats

N

Neddy

Night

Nocturne

Nefi

Night Rider

Nocturnal

Negrita

Nightfurry

Noira

Negrito

Nightmare

Noiro

Nelson

Nightmittens

Nor

Nemesis

Nightshade

Nora

Neo

Nightstar

Nori

Neon

Nimbus

Nova

Nerone

Ninja

Nutella

Nestle

Nitto

Nimbus – a grey rain cloud

O

Obi

Oliver

Orion

Obsidian

Omen

Orpheus

October

Onox

Orson

Odin

Oprah

Oscar

Okoye

Orbit

Othello

Olive

Oreo

Oxana

P

Pandora

Photon

Pooky

Pantera

Pistol

Potter

Pebbles

Pirate

Prince(ss) of Darkness

Peek

Pitch

Prince Kitty

Pepsi

Pluto

Pudding

Percy

Poe

Puma

Phantom

Poet

Pumpkin

Q

Quartz

Queenie

Quinn

R

Raider

Red

Romeo

Rain

Remi

Rose

Rascal

Rex

Rover

Ravenclaw

Riddick

Rox

Razzi

Rocky

Ruby

Reaper

Rogue

Ryder

S

Saber

Sheeva

Snickers

Sable

Shego

Snuggles

Sabu

Shelby

Solstice

Safira

Sheldon

Sonora

Sage

Shilo

Soot

Samantha

Shiloh

Sooty

Sambo

Shuri

Spacey

Sambuca

Shylo

Spade

Samhain

Sid

Sparhawk

Sammy

Silas

Sparky

Samson

Silk

Sparrow

Sancho

Silkie

Spike

Santana

Silhouette

Spiral

Sapphire

Simba

Spirit

Sasha

Simon

Spook

Sauron

Sinead

Spookie

Scamper

Sirius

Spooky

Scar

Sirius Black

Spot

Scorch

Skillet

Squeak

Scotter

Sky

Star

Serena

Skye

Starlight

Serenity

Slake

Stealth

Sesame

Slick

Stella

Shade

Smaug

Swayze

Shadowbug

Smoke

Sweetpea

Shady

Smokey

Sylvester

Shawn

Smudge

Sheba

Smutty

Sparhawk – a knight of the Pandion Order in a series of fantasy novels by David Eddings

T

T’Challa

Theodore

Toothless

Taboo

Thorn

Tracy

Talisman

Thunder

Trix

Tar

Tia

Trixie

Tea Bag

Tiana

Truffle

Teela

Tiki

Turbo

Tempest

Tobi

Twilight

Thackery

Tobias

Twinkle

Toothless – a dragon from “How To Train Your Dragon”

U

Ursula

V

Vader

Velvet

Voldemort

Vador

Vlad

Voodoo

W, X, Y…

Waldo

Willow

Yakuza

Warlock

Xerox

Yin

Whisper

8-Ball

Z

Zara

Zephyr

Zoloft

Zector

Zeus

Zorro

Zeke

Ziggy

Zorrow

Ironic black cat names / opposite of black

Angel

Diamond

Daylight

Light

Lightning

Mayonnaise / Mayo

Noon

Pearl

Shiro (white in japanese)

Shiny

Snow

Snowball

Snowflake

Snowy

Sunny

Sunshine

Whitey

Did you find the perfect black cat name for your kitty? Let me know in the comments if you chose one of these names for your dark prince or princess!

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4 comments

Louise KavadloOctober 26, 2018 - 7:51 pm

I have a black-white tuxedo cat named OLIVE. I found kittens on my porch. I called a TNR worker to rescue them and return the black ‘n’ white kitten to me as soon as it was fixed. She named it OLIVE. I learned to like this name as I look into “her OLIVE eyes and touch her “Olive nose” which is black. I put a red collar on her to play up her name. I studied the name OLIVE and learned that it symbolizes love and peace. Olive Oyl is a cartoon character who is wearing a red dress. Olive oil can be light green or yellow. I’ve seen that dogs also get the name Olive and it’s a nice name regardless of he color of he cat’s fur. I saw a black cat named SOOT. Why would a person name a pet Soot when it’s dirt? Maybe it came from a story book about soot.